Maya Angelou was a well known poet and civil rights activist. In her poem, “Still I Rise” the speaker describes being sassy, and what it’s like to be beaten down but get back up. They talk about being confident to whatever it is that’s bring the speaker down. The speaker taunts the pain. In “Still I Rise,” Maya Angelou uses the poetic device of simile to let the readers know that when life knocks you down, you have to get back up.
In the poem, Maya Angelou uses the poetic device of simile in the seven quatrains. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker says, “You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise” (3-4). The simile show how life pushed the speaker in the dirt, but the speaker got back up and persevered. Something
In the poem, Maya Angelou uses the poetic device of simile in the seven quatrains. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker says, “You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise” (3-4). The simile show how life pushed the speaker in the dirt, but the speaker got back up and persevered. Something